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Bernie Sanders is the only candidate for president who actually supports the legalization of cannabis, and on his trip to Puerto Rico, he was pretty “blunt” about it. Although he is the first to admit his Spanish needs a lot of work, he managed to make his message pretty clear. That’s a yes He spoke…

Published: Apr 18, 2016, 3:42 pm By Ricardo Baca, The Cannabist Staff While supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have lost track of how many times they’ve heard his oft-touted figure of $27 — the average donation to Sanders’ campaign — the marijuana-minded vote is looking to alter that average, if only for one day.…

At a rally today in Puerto Rico, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders promised he would legalize marijuana if he becomes president. Video of Bernie Sanders Promising to Legalize Marijuana at Puerto Rico Rally: [embedded content] Sanders started out his address by speaking Spanish. He explained that because his Spanish isn’t good enough to give an…

Video: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, the third co-sponsor of the Marijuana Justice Act joins Senator Cory Booker to discuss benefits of passing landmark bill to end the federal prohibition on marijuana.

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berman Tabacco, (www.bermantabacco.com), a national law firm representing investors is investigating possible securities law violations involving CannTrust Holdings Inc. (“CannTrust” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CTST). On July 8, 2019, CannTrust disclosed that it “received a compliance report from Health Canada notifying the Company that its greenhouse facility in Pelham, Ontario was non-compliant with…

BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berkeley Patients Group (BPG), the nation’s oldest continuously operating dispensary and pioneer in the cannabis space, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this October with the launch of $1MM for Good, a campaign to donate one million dollars to 10 nonprofits over 10 years. “We’ve weathered countless storms to get to where we are…

For eight decades, the United States federal government has been waging a never ending battle with the cannabis plant. What began as a common pharmaceutical ingredient, quickly was reintroduced to the public as a lethal and unpredictable narcotic, thanks in large part to one overzealous agent. Despite widespread attempts at criminalizing cannabis and its users,…

Growing cannabis for the first time can alter a relationship with the plant. In November 2012, my Colorado neighbors and I voted to legalize adult-use cannabis. The following month, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 into the state constitution, immediately legalizing the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana – though the legal sales would take…

Interview with Priscilla Vilchis, the first and only female minority business owner winning licenses in Nevada just in time to cash in on the highly competitive Las Vegas recreational marijuana market.

Another lawmaker has been found to be citing fake news when debating against marijuana reform. Louisiana State Rep. Dodie Horton found herself citing a story claiming that 37 people died in Colorado on the first day of legal marijuana sales while debating against an expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program. When confronted with the…

Rep. Peake led an effort this year to relax the THC limit, authorize in-state cultivation and distribution of CBD products and expand the list of treatable conditions to include HIV/AIDS, PTSD, autism, Tourette’s syndrome and several others. But this time the legislation received a much cooler reception. First in-state cultivation was removed by a House…